Herpetofauna of Engabao, Playas Canton, Ecuador, with notes on the occurrence of Ceratoprhys stolzmanni (Steindachner, 1882)
Author
Cuadrado, Stefania S.
Author
Loor, Yelsin A.
Author
Narváez, Andrea E.
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http://dx.doi.org/10.15560/16.3.665
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10.15560/16.3.665
1809-127X
Rhinella horribilis
(Wiegmann, 1833)
Figure 2G
Material examined.
ECUADOR
, province of
Guayas
, Playas Canton, Engabao
•
1 specimen
(sex undeter- mined),
130 mm
; unvegetated areas near an abandoned house;
02°36′35″S
,
080°26′13″W
;
12 m
a.s.l; Stefania S. Cuadrado, Yelsin A. Loor leg.; record observed.
Identification.
This is a brown toad with an SVL of
75– 130 mm
SVL. It lacks expanded discs on the fingers and has underdeveloped membranes between the toes. This species is difficult to differentiate from
Rhinella marina
, but with the help of x-rays, differences in the bone mor- phology of these species can be observed in the maxillary, frontoparietal, and occipital regions (Venegas and Ron 2014;
Acevedo et al. 2016
).
This is a common species found in both natural and disturbed sites in this study. It was found near ponds, on roadsides, in vegetation, and, at the farm, both near the cattle enclosure and the stream. Individuals were active between 17:30 and 22:00.
Distribution.
This species is distributed from southern
Texas
,
USA
, to northern
Peru
, west to the Andes. In
Ecuador
, it occurs on the coast, in western foothills of the Andes, and in the inter-Andean region (
Acevedo et al. 2016
).